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148. Eiateriutn trilobatnm Schldl. — Peremiis, scandens, 

 flor. albo, 15', locis hiimidis pr. Maiquetla, alt. circ. 1000'. 

 Decbr. (236.) — Planta in omnibiis fere partihns pilos fcrt 

 perbreves tenues basi ininiito bnlbillo insidcHtes erecto-pa- 

 tiilos albos, qiii in pa^iua foliornm aversa pallidiore den- 

 siiis dispositi puboscentein eam reddiint, in supera intense 

 viridi valde dispcrsi, in adiilliore caule tandem evancscnnt 

 Qui caulis nuilti-snlcatns et obtnse angiilatiis, angnlis sci- 

 licet 5 magis promiuentibiis obtnsis. Foiia petiolata, pe- 

 tioliis diinidia lamiua (seil, a basi sinns nsque ad apicem 

 sumta) brevior, basi Intior. Lamina teniiis, membranacea 

 t'ere in statu sicco, transverse dilatata, pedato - trilobata, 

 bascos sinn latinscnlo et in inedio triniigulari-ciincalo, ner- 

 vis lateralibns triangnli lateres forniantibiis, lobis ad sinuiu 

 basalibns rotundatis et siinul interdnni suban^nlatis, lobis 

 tribns anterioribns dilatato- ovatis curvilineo-snbacntis, si- 

 nnbus interjectis brevibus obtusinsculis, raargine repando 

 vel depresse snbsinnato, vel subangiilato, denticulis minntis 

 subulatis inter se remotis cincto. Nervi pcdati , tribus vali- 

 dioribus lobos anteriores ingredientibus, duobus minoribiis 

 e lateralibns inde a sinn orientibiis semel bisve furcatim 

 partitis et angulos lobornm basaliiim nunc evidentiores nnuc 

 obsoletes petentibns. Longitndo laniinae 3% poH. in majo- 

 ribns foliis, lobi basales ad polliceni nsque porrecti, dia- 

 meter totins laminae transversalis snpra sinnni 3'/2-polIi- 

 caris, et latit. lo!»i inedii 2 '/.j -pollionris. Cirrlii solitarii 

 longe bifidi, Intlorescentia : racenii breviter pediinculati (ped. 

 3 — 6 lin. long.) in raninli lateralis parvi minoribns foliis 

 instructi axillis, iloribns versns apicem fere snbcorymbosis, 

 pedicellis circ. 1 — 1 '/2 ''"• 'ongis. Calyx longe tubulosns, 

 basi trnncatus apicem versns sensim ampliatiis 4 circ. lineas 

 longus apice denlibns niiuutis acntis terminatus. Petala 5 



